Anne Last
- Born: Abt 1817, Brighton East Sussex 36
- Marriage (1): Thomas Hughes on 19 Sep 1841 in Southwark Surrey (London) 36
- Died: 3 Apr 1903, Dunedin South Island New Zealand aged about 86 36
 Birth Notes:
Aged 86 when died in 1903, which gives a birth date of 1817, although she wasn't christened until 1822. Her parents were John and Sarah Last. John Last married Sarah Taylor at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, on 21/1/1816 - most likely parents.
Anne was Thomas' second wife - details of first wife unknown. Had a daughter whose name was Last, a half-sister to her four Hughes children.
Married Thomas Hall (age 32, born Westmorland) in Liverpool on 28/9/1856, emigrated to Australia, had a daughter who died and son James Thomas Hall, born 5/12/1858, Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia. Thomas Hall was killed in a fight in the Golden Gate public house in Emerald Hill, Victoria, on 21/3/1859. Joseph Saunders was charged with his manslaughter,
Emigrated to New Zealand with her family around 1861 and married Jesse Eastwood (born ca. 1820m in England) in Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, 1864. Had daughter Charlotte Martha Eastwood in 1864. Also a Mrs Eastwood (Anne?) had a daugjhter at Waimea Track, South Island, New Zealand, 6/1/1869. Charlotte married Charles John Peterson in 1892. Jesse Eastwood died in Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 1890.
Anne is mentioned in her Grand-daughter (Annie King's) memoirs as Grandma Eastwood and being alive when she was about nine or ten (1890s). It is also thought she ran a boarding house in between Hokitika and Greymouth (West Coast of South Island) at one stage.
Death Notes:
Age given as 86, but she was actually 81.
Noted events in her life were:
• Baptism, 25 Aug 1822, Brighton East Sussex [St. Nicholas]. 15
• Census, 1841, Southwark Surrey (London). 23
• Occupation: Broker, 1851. 36
• Emigration, 1856, Melbourne Victoria Australia. 36
• Emigration, Abt 1861, New Zealand. 36
• Occupation: Boarding house keeper, 1887. 8
• Occupation: Nurse, 1893. 8
Anne married Thomas Hughes, son of William Hughes and Ann Blackwell, on 19 Sep 1841 in Southwark Surrey (London).36 (Thomas Hughes was born in 1801 in Colchester Essex 36 and died before 1856 in Bermondsey Surrey (London) 36.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Residence, 1848, Bermondsey Surrey (London) [26 Bermondsey Square]. 1
• Census, 1851, Bermondsey Surrey (London) [26 Bermondsey Square]. 36
Marriage Notes:
Ref: St. George Southwark/Dec 1841/4/438
Anne was Thomas' second wife - details of first wife and any children as yet unknown. Anne is also reported to have a daughter surnamed Last on her marriage.
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